Obituary
James (Jim) Farrar
Ellis Pioneer, 82, dies at Palmer
Dallas Morning News, July 12, 1942
James (Jim) Farrar, member of an early Ellis County family, died Friday
night at his home near Palmer after a short illness. He was born in
Texas Jan. 29, 1860, the oldest son of Capt. Simon Bowden and Leila Smith
Farrar.
He was a grandson of James Farrar who came from Mississippi to Texas in
1840 and settled in Shelby County and James Smith who came to Texas in 1845
and was one of the organizers of Ellis County. In 1856 his father Capt.
S B. Farrar, who had served in the Mexican War, perchased land northwest
of Palmer on Red Oak Creek and raised find blooded horses and cattle both
there and in Palo Pinto and Cottle Counties. In 1884 Mr. Farrar married Miss
Anna Marshall. He was a member of the Christian church and a staunch
Democrat. He has six grandsons actively participating in the present war
inall parts of the world.
He is survived by his wife and eleven children, Mrs. Fannie Duff and Mrs.
Iran Sutton Ferris, Texas; William Wade, J. B., Walter Sid, Simon;
Mrs. Henry Tate of Palmer, Texas, Arch of Waxahachie and Mrs. T. C. Hooker
of Dallas and one brother, Sid Farrar of Waxahachie and one sister, Mrs.
W. A Clopton of Palmer.
Funeral services will be held at 3 pm Sunday with burial in the Smith
Cemetery.
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